Lock.



No. 63!,432. Patented Aug. 22, I899.-

B. PHELPS LOOK.

(Application filed Jan. 21, 1899.

(No Model.)

WITNESSES INVENTIOR Byron Phelps.

- 3Y 4 I E Z ATTORNEY UNITED STATES PATENT OFF CE.

BYRON PHELPS, OF SEATTLE, WASHINGTON, ASSIGNOR OF ONE-HALF TO THEODORENELSON, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

LOCK.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent N 0. 631,432, dated August22, 1899. Application filed January 21, 1899. 1 Serial No. 702,910. (N0model.)

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BYRON PHELPS, a citizenof the United States, residing at Seattle, county of King, State ofWashington, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Locks,of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description.

My invention relates to looks; and my ohj ect is to improve theconstruction of the same and particularly with reference to a frame fora lock adapted to be inserted in a notch in the stile of a door, such asshown in my Patents Nos. 626,340 and 626,341, dated June 6, 1899.

In the preferred embodiment of my invention shown in the drawings,Figure 1 represents a plan view, and Fig. 2 a front elevation, of myimproved lock-frame.

In the embodiment shown in the drawings, A represents themain portion ofthe frame, which has spindle-bearings B and O, which may be merelyorifices in the sides, but which in this embodiment extend laterallyfrom the sides D and E.

F is a face-plate, preferably extending from one side of the frameacross the other side and projectingtherefrom, as shown at f. Thisface-plate also has a bolt-aperture f. This general form of lock isclaimed by me in my Patent No. 626,340, dated June 6, 1899, in whichpatent is shown one embodiment of the operative parts or features thatcooperate with each other and with the frame when the same is properlyapplied to a door and which shows the manner of applying the frame tothe stile of a door. This'frame is adapted to be inserted in a notch inthe stile of a door, and in my former application the frame was moreparticularly intended to be fastened in place in the stile by screwsthrough the escutcheon-plates. It is, however, often desirable that thefront part of the frame shall be supported directly by the door in orderto more securely fix it and preserve its alinement in the notch, and forthis purpose I have provided lugs G G, preferably integral with theface-plate and extending therefrom substantially perpendicularly to theface-plate and also to the axis of the bearings represented by the lineX X, Fig. 2. The front face of these lugs is preferably in the sameplane with that of the face-plate, and said lugs are preferably sonarrow that the faceplate extends laterally at each side of the same, sothat said lugs will not extend clear across the stile of the door.Countersunk screw-holes g g are provided in these lugs, so that the samemay be screwed to the stile of the door. The face-plate and logspreferably, as shown in Fig. 1, stand at an angle with the sides of theframe.

It will be obvious that many changes may be made in the constructionherein disclosed Without departing from the spirit of my invention.

What I claim is 1. In a look a main frame to support the latch mechanismand adapted to be inserted in a notch in the stile of a door, havingsides, spindle-bearings in said sides, a face-plate and a lug extendingfrom said face-plate substantially perpendicularly to the face-plate andaxis of the spindle-bearings and narrower than the said face-plate so asto leave said face-plate projecting from one side of said lug, said lughaving a hole therethrough with a countersunk portion on its front face.

2. In a look a main frame to support the latch mechanism and adapted tobe inserted in a notch in the stile of a door, having a plurality ofseparated and hollow spindle-bearings attached thereto and extendingtransversely outside of the same and a face-plate, said face-platehaving a bolt-aperture and projecting laterally of said frame, saidfaceplate also having a plurality of lugs extending laterally of saidface-plate substantially perpendicularly to the same and also to theaxis of said spindle-bearings, the front faces of which lugs are insubstantially the same plane with the front face of said side plate,said lugs being narrower than said face-plate so as to allow saidface-plate to project at each side of said lugs, said lugs having holestherein and said holes being countersunk on the front faces of saidlugs.

